{"id":4522,"date":"2014-08-07T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T04:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2014-08-07T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T04:01:12","slug":"yoga-makes-impact-children-deserving-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/it\/journal\/yoga-makes-impact-children-deserving-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Makes an Impact for Children in Deserving Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #262626;\">Our community partner Sonima will be offering activities and classes for kids at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/brooklyn.wanderlustfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wanderlust 108 in Brooklyn<\/a> on September 13. To get tickets, <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklyn.wanderlustfestival.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult being a child in today\u2019s word. Bullying and violence are national epidemics, and childhood obesity is commonplace throughout schools and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Our kids are confronted daily with harsh environments, difficult social challenges and potentially dangerous situations that erode their ability to perform in school, maintain a healthy sense of themselves, and ultimately enjoy a happy life. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonimafoundation.org\/health-and-wellness\/resources\/\"><strong>The research<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is alarming.<\/p>\n<p>For children who reside in low-income communities, there are different stressors such as lack of nutritious food, enhanced areas of impoverishment, violence, and even homelessness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonimafoundation.org\/health-and-wellness\/the-facts\/\"><strong>Statistics show<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that yoga, breathing, and health &amp; wellness programs help to remedy the detriments caused by today\u2019s societal landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Though as school budgets are continuously being cut, programs such as fitness, nutrition, and the arts have greatly diminished, or are sadly non-existent at most schools.<\/p>\n<p>A non-profit called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonimafoundation.org\/\"><strong>Sonima Foundation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is working with school districts across the nation to provide health and wellness programs free of charge to the students at the partnered school sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like being around a lot of people and yoga gives me quite, personal space\u201d, says 12 year-old Makayla, a student at Monarch School in San Diego, which serves students impacted by homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like yoga,\u201d Makayla continues \u201cI feel peaceful, and it\u2019s a challenge to my body. I don\u2019t have a lot of time to myself and yoga is a way for me to calm down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2011, the Sonima Foundation offers children a chance at happy, healthy lives by bringing health and wellness practices to schools and communities. The organization serves 13,000 children grades K-12 across 25 schools in California, New York, Florida, and Houston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonimafoundation.org\/our-approach\/the-curriculum\/\">Sonima Health and Wellness curriculum<\/a> provides children with skills that minimize stress, lower incidences of bullying and violence, improve school\u00a0attendance\u00a0and academic performance. Programmatic offerings consist of: best practices in <strong>health and wellness<\/strong>, including exercise based on yoga, mindfulness practices; and <strong>nutrition education<\/strong> to help address\u00a0both wellness and high levels of childhood obesity.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, Sonima programs are offered at five schools in Harlem. The school sites host Title I students from underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>The joy and exuberance on the students\u2019 faces is apparent to anyone who visits Sonima yoga classes in Harlem. Learning yoga and mindfulness helps students in compressed urban areas focus on their internal dialogue, enabling students to distance themselves from the continuous movement, noise, and congestion of their city.<\/p>\n<p>Students are introduced to the concept of self-discovery. Through group discussion, nutrition, character education, breathing exercises, and yoga\u2026 students learn to focus their attention, calm their minds, reduce stress, and think before reacting; which also contributes to reducing violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoga has helped me to connect with my classmates in a better way. Learning how to breathe has helped me to be more mindful of everyone else throughout the day in school and at home too,\u201d says a Harlem student.<br \/>\nWith the help of these tools, Sonima Health and Wellness students are better to develop the healthy habits that will allow them to overcome many of the obstacles that might hold them back in school and life.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation\u2019s hope is to expand to as many schools as possible, positively impacting young lives and inspiring the future leaders of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/sonimafoundation.org\">sonimafoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our community partner Sonima will be offering activities and classes for kids at\u00a0Wanderlust 108 in Brooklyn on 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